David Kornuta is a distinguished Aerospace Engineer with over a decade of experience in pioneering early concept development for commercial space ventures. Holding a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Cal Poly Pomona and a specialization in Space Resources from Colorado School of Mines, David has been instrumental in establishing Blue Origin's Space Resources Program. This initiative has evolved into a robust team of 60 experts, dedicated to revolutionary clean processes for metal extraction using unconventional sources of ore or mine tailings, semiconductor-grade silicon production, and lunar-based solar cell manufacturing at the 60,000 square foot Space Resources Center of Excellence in North Hollywood, California. The cutting-edge technologies being developed at the Space Resources Center of Excellence promise to revolutionize resource utilization both in space and on Earth, offering new disruptive ways of mining and processing critical minerals in the US and bringing power to remote areas and the world.